Toothbrush contamination: Often neglected health hazard

Toothbrush Contamination: A Review of the Literature

Toothbrushes are commonly used in hospital settings and may harbor potentially harmful microorganisms. A peer-reviewed literature review was conducted to evaluate the cumulative state of knowledge related to toothbrush contamination and its possible role in disease transmission. A systematic review was conducted on adult human subjects through three distinct searches. The review resulted in sev...

Intracerebral haemorrhage: an often neglected medical emergency

Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is the deadliest form of stroke, carrying a mortality rate between 30% and 55%, increasing to 67% in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT). Despite its relevant incidence, the treatment of ICH has been until recently a largely neglected item, addressed by only a few trials. Early treatment of ICH in non-anticoagulated patients with recombinant activated fa...

Our the Often-neglected Vertebral Artery

tative marker of cerebral perfusion, since its variation is so small. In accordance with other technical approaches,8 we hypothesize that a delay of TPI forecasts hypoperfused and potentially still salvageable tissue, whereas regions without detectable perfusion kinetic forecasts ischemia, ie, the core of the infarction. As a cut-off for a significant TPI delay we determined the double of the m...

Contamination of Water by Cryptosporidium; an Infectious Neglected Threat for Public Health

Hand washing, a key anti-flu strategy, often neglected by health care workers.